Transcript Chapter 3 Section 4 Notes

Chapter 3 Section
4 Notes
I. The Search for A
Promised Land
Land of Canna
A. Hebrews lived in
the land of Cannan
also called
Palestine
B. First five books
of the Old Testament
were called the
Torah, the holy
book of the
Hebrews
C. Abraham was the
father of the Hebrew
and lived in the
Mesopotamian city
Ur around 2000 B.C.
D. Around 1650
B.C. his
descendents
decided to move to
Egypt where they
became slaves
E. Hebrews had
one God named
Yahweh,
monotheism
F. Covenant was
where Abraham
promised to obey
God and God
promised to protect
Abraham and his
G. Ark of the
Covenant
Ark of Covenant
1. Where Yahweh
lived
2. Ten
Commandments
3. Moses staff
Moses by
Michelangelo
H. Hebrews
became enslaved
in Egypt
1. Forced to do
hard work
3. Moses leads
them out called the
Exodus
4. Passover
5. Mt. Sinai he
receives the Ten
Commandments
from God
I. Judges would
govern in times of
emergency
1. One women
judge named
Deborah
J. Religion teachers
called prophets
interpreted the
Torah
II. The Kingdom of
Israel
A. The Hebrews
were threatened by
the Philistines
David and Goliath
B. One of the large
tribes was from
Judah thus the
Hebrews
became known as
Jews or Judaism
C. Three strong
kings of Israel
1. Saul chosen
because he drove
out the Philistines
2. David
establishes
Jerusalem as the
capitol of the
Hebrews
Jerusalem today
3. Solomon
Kingdom of
David
And Solomon
a. Built trading
empire
b. Built a large
temple
1. Which held the
Ark of the
Covenant
D. Discontent
divides the
kingdom with Israel
in the north
and Judah in the
south
III. The Babylonian
Captivity
A. In 738 B.C. both
Israel and Judah
began paying a
tribute
to the Assyrians
B. In 722 B.C. all of
Israel and Judah
fell to the Assyrians
C. Babylonians
conquered Syria
and Palestine by
586 B.C.
1. Babylonian
Captivity
2. Time of
Nebuchadnezzar
D. Persian king
Cyrus the Great
conquered the
Babylonians
and eased control
over the Hebrews
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